Fastening device for envelops



(No Model.)

v E. A. GOODOHILD.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR ENVBLOPS.

No. 585,816. Patented July 6, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEFICE EDWVARD A. GOODOHILD, .OF THOMPSON FALLS,MONTANA.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR ENVELOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,816, dated July 6,1897. Application filed March 31, 1896. Serial No. 585,584. (No model.)

To rtZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. GOODOHILD, of Thompson Falls, in thecounty of Missoula and State of Montana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fastening Devices for Envelops and other Packages, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby envelops andlike packages may be closed through the medium of a seal of wax or alike material, the parts of the envelop or package at which the seal islocated being so formed and constructed that the seal will have clingingand lockingaetion upon the various folds or layers of material that maybe beneath the seal, thus avoiding the possibility of an inner flap orfold being opened to gain access to the contents of the package whilethe package is yet sealed and without disturbing the seal. The inventionconsists of an envelop or package having graduated registering openingsin its flaps or folds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an envelop constructed in accordance with myinvention and illustrating the top and bottom flaps opened, the sideflaps being folded upon one another. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of theenvelop shown in Fig. 1, having all of its flaps folded so as tocompletely close the package; and Fig. 3 is a transverse central sectionthrough the envelop or package, illustrating the seal applied theretoand showing the manner in which each and every flap is attached to theaforesaid seal.

In carrying out the invention the envelop shown in the drawingscomprises the several parts necessary to such an article-namely, thefront or body A, the side flaps B and B, and the bottom and top flaps Gand C. One of the side flaps, the side flap B, folds over the opposingside flap B and has an opening 10 made therein near its inner end,ordinarily 'one.

about centrally placed. The lower flap C is provided at its apex with anopening 11 larger than the opening 10 and adapted when. the said lowerflap is closed over the side flaps to register with the opening 10 inthe side flap B. The upper or sealing flap O at its apex has an opening12 made therein larger than the opening 11 and adapted when theaforesaid upper or sealing flap is closed over the back of the envelopto register with the other openings 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 2. Thusit will be observed that the openings in the various flaps are graduatedin diameter, the smallest opening being the bottom one. A seal D, ofwaxor other material, is applied to the back, where the aforesaidopenings occur,

and will fill these openings, extending considerably beyond the marginof the largest Therefore the sealing materialwill'be brought to anengagement with the undermost side flap and each of the other flaps ofthe envelop that are placed over the same, as shown in Fig. 3, renderingit impossible for any one of the flaps to be opened while the seal is inplace without tearing the flap thus operated upon. It will be observedthat this seal and method of application may be employed in closing anypackage where a seal or seals is to be placed at the meeting of anynumber of members or over any desired number of folds, it beingunderstood that the envelop or package may be sealed in one or severalplaces, according to the manner in which it is folded and the number offlaps it may contain.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An envelop or package having its folds or flapsprovided with graduated openings, adapted to register in the foldedcondition of the package or envelop, substantially as shown anddescribed.

EDWVARD A. GOODCHILD.

Witnesses:

EDWIN KRATZER, H. E. FINDENBORN.

